Reaction products of aldehydes and triazine derivatives containing amino ethyl sulfonic acid groups



United States Patent 3,277,059 REACTION PRODUCTS OF ALDEHYDES AND TRI- AZINE DERIVATIVES CONTAINING AMINO ETHYL SULFONIC ACID GROUPS Gaetano F. DAlelio, South Bend, Ind., assignor, by direct and mesne assignments, to Dal Mon Research Co.,

Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Filed Jan. 17, 1963, Ser. No. 252,045

14 Claims. (Cl. 260-67.6)

This invention relates to the production of new synthetic materials and especially to new products having utility in the coating, impregnating and plastic arts.

The new compositions of this invention comprise condensation products of ingredients comprising an aldehyde, including polymeric aldehydes, hydroxyaldehydes, and aldehyde-addition products, e.g., formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, aldol, glucose, dimethylol urea, trimethylol melamine, etc., and a triazine derivative corresponding (Mul to the general formula N \N l l & )u

In the above formula, n and m are integers of at least one and no more than two, and the sum of m and n does not exceed three; A represents an aldehyde-reactable group; T represents an aminoethyl sulfonic acid group; and Y represents any monovalent radical. In the above formula, it may be seen that when n is one, m can be one with one T group, or m can be two with one T group; or if n is two then m is one and there will be no Y group; and when Y is one then m and It must each be one. The only requirement in this invention for the triazine derivative is that it have at least one aldehyde-reactable group A and at least one T group. For purposes of simplicity, the trivalent 1,3,5-triazine or symmetrical triazine nucleus is sometimes represented hereinafter by C N The aldehyde-reactable group is a grouping of atoms or radicals that react with aldehyde or polymericaldehydes to form a derivative such as illustrated by the following:

As illustrative examples of the aldehyde-reactable group A, there are mentioned the following groups:

as disclos d in my U.S. :Patent 2,295,562, issued September 15, 1942, wherein x is an integer of at least 1 and not more than 2, :Y represents a member of the class consisting of oxygen and sulfur, and R represents a member of the class consistingof hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon and halohydrocarbon radicals;

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class consisting of hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon and halohydrocarbon radicals;

Y -NR( i-NHR as disclosed in my U.S. Patent 2,312,688, issued March 2, 1943, wherein Y represents a member of the class consisting of oxygen and sulfur and R represents a member of the class consisting ,of hydrogen and hydrocarbon radicals and halohydrocarbon radicals;

z -sCnR2nii-NRY-s0 NHR as disclosed in my U.S. Patent 2,312,690, issued March 2, 1943, wherein n represents an integer and is at least one and not more than 2, Z represents a bivalent carbocyclic radical, and R represents a member of the class consisting of hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and substituted hydrocarbon radicals; -NRHO NHR, as disclosed in my U.S. Patent 2,312,697, issued March 2, 1943, wherein Z represents an aryl nucleus and R represents a member of the class consisting of hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and substituted hydrocarbon radicals;

as disclosed in my U.S. Patent 2,312,700, issued March 2, 1943, wherein n represents an integer and is at least one and not more than 2, Z represents a member of the class consisting of oxygen and sulfur, Y represents a divalent carbocyclic radical and R represents a member of the class consisting of hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and substituted hydrocarbon radicals; I

NHR, as disclosed in my U.S. Patent 2,335,846, issued December 7, 1943, wherein R represents a member of the class consisting of hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and halohydrocarbon radicals;

ZCONHR, wherein Z represents a divalent hydrocarbon radical and R represents hydrogen and a monovalent hydrocarbon radical and substituted hydrocarbon radicals;

BZCONHR, wherein B represents a member of the class consisting of oxygen, sulfur ,and -NR, Z represents a divalent hydrocarbon radical and substituted hydrocarbon radicals, and R represents a member of the class of hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and substituted hydrocarbon radicals;

HNR-NR-,, wherein R represents a member of the class consisting of hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and substituted hydrocarbon radicals;

HO-Z, wherein Z represents a divalent aromatic radical and substituted hydrocarbon radicals as hereinabove defined. A few typical triazine compounds are 0 ll I] (HOCBH4) 3 a)[ h], O o s) 2 aNs) 2 etc.

HO-Z--NR, wherein R represents hydrogen and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and substituted hydrocarbon radicals, and Z represents a divalent aromatic radical and substituted hydrocarbon radicals as hereinabove described. A few typical compounds are gen or a monovalent aliphatic, carbocyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical of not more than 6 carbon atoms; etc.

Thus it may be seen that A may be any aldehyde-reactable group.

In the above triazine derivative formula, Y can be R which represents hydrogen or any monovalent hydrocarbon radical, Whether saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, aliphatic, carbocyclic, aryl or heterocyclic, monoor poly-nuclear, etc. Examples of suitable hydrocarbon groups represented by R are aliphatic, aromatic, e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, secondary butyl, butenyl, amyl, hexyl, allyl, methallyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclohexyl, cyclohexenyl, phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, t-olyl, xylyl, ethylphenyl, propylphenyl, isopropylphenyl, allylphenyl, benzyl, phenylallyl, phenylpropyl, etc. and their homologues, as well as those groups with one or more of their hydrogen atoms substituted by halogens, as, for example, fluorine, chlorine, nitro groups, nitroso groups, amino groups, carboxy groups, carbalkoxy groups, methoxy and aryloxy groups, mercapto groups, etc.; Y can also be hydroxyl and the alkoxy and aryloxy radicals of aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic hydroxy compounds, such as methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, phenol, the 0-, m-, and p-cresols, the xylenols, the naphthols, ethylene glycol, methyl glycol ether, butyl glycol ether, glycerine, pentaerythritol, naphthol, hydroxy pyridine, including the alkoxy and aryloxy radicals of hydroxy acids and esters such as lactic acid, ethyl lactate, allyl lactate, methyl salicylate, and the chloro derivatives such as chlorophenol, chloronaphthol, ethylene chlorohydrin, and the acetoxy derivatives such as acetoxyethyl alcohol, etc., and these radicals are represented by RO; Y can also be RS groups which are the mercapto equivalents to RO-; Y can also be -NR that is, an amino group, a monosubstituted amino group or a disubstituted amino group, as for example, the radicals of methylamine, ethyl amine, butylamine, nonylamine, benzylamine, dimethylamine, aniline, naphthylamine, ethanolamine, diethanolamine, diisopropylamine, methylaniline, piperidine,

' aminopyridine, and the hydrazine radicals, namely,

R NNR from hydrazine, unsymmetrical dirnethylhydrazine, symmetrical dimethylhydrazine, trimethylhydrazine,

phenylhydrazine; Y can also be the N-radicals of the amino-acids, the amino-esters, the amino-amides, and the amino-nitriles, specific examples. of which are 4 NHC2H4CN, Y can also be radicals of alkylene imines, such as, for example,

CHZ-CH2, CH1CHCH:

N N I l CH CE-;CH-CH o,H5og/ JH,

N N I l and the radicals of malonic esters and substituted malonic esters, nitriles, and amides, such as, for example,

CH(COOCH CH (COOCH CH=CH 2 CH(CN) CH [CON(CH CH o on,

ON 0 o 0 our;

etc.; or Y can be the radical of another triazinyl ring, e.g., (CH NH) (C N (HO) (C N or the triazine ring can be attached through a bridge, such as etc.; Y can also be chlorine, bromine, CN, COOR,

wherein A, Y, R, m, n, have the meaning hereinabove given. The SO H group represents not only the free acid but also its salts, such as the sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, copper, chromium, ammonium, amine salts (e.g. ethanol amine, diethanol amine, isopropanol amine, polyethylene amine, aminophenol, etc.), hydrazine, protein, etc.

In practicing this invention the initial condensation reaction can be carried out at normal or elevated tempera-. tures, at atmospheric, subatmospheric, or super-atmospheric pressures, and under natural, alkaline, or acid conditions. Preferably, in most cases, the reaction between the components is initiated under alkaline conditions.

Any substance yielding an alkaline or an acid aqueous solution can be used in obtaining alkaline or acid condii tions for the initial condensation reaction. For example, an alkaline substance such as sodium, potassium carbonate, mono-, di-, or tri-amines, etc., can be used. In some cases, it is desirable to cause the initial condensation reaction between the components to take place in the presence of a primary condensation catalyst and a secondary condensation catalyst. The primary catalyst can be either an aldehyde-nonreactable nitrogen-containing basic tertiary compound, e.g., tertiary amines such as trialkyl (e.g. trimethyl, triethyl, etc.) amines, or an aldehyde-reactable nitrogen-containing basic compound, for instance, ammonia, primary amines (e.g., ethyl amine, propyl amine, etc.) and secondary amines (e.g. dipropylamine, di-butylamine, etc.). The secondary condensation catalyst, which ordinarily is used in an amount less than the amount of the primary catalyst, advantageously is a fixed alkali, for instance, a carbonate, cyanide, or hydrox ide of an alkali metal (e.g. sodium, potassium, lithium, etc.).

Illustrative examples of acid condensation catalysts that can be employed are inorganic or organic acids, such as hydrochloric, sulfuric, phosphoric, acetic, lactic, acrylic, malonic, etc., or acid salts, such as sodium acid sulfate, monosodium phosphate, monosodium phthalate, etc. Mixtures of acids, of acid salts, or acids and acid salts can be employed, if desired.

The reaction between the aldehyde, e.g., formaldehyde, and the triazine derivative can be carried out in the presence of solvents, diluents, fillers, or other natural or synthetic resinous bodies, or while admixed with other materials that also react With the aldehyde compound or with the triazine derivative, e.g., ketones, urea, thiourea, selenourea, iminourea (guanidine), substituted ureas, thioureas, selenoureas, and iminoureas, numerous examples of which are given in my U.S. Patent 2,322,566, issued June 22, 1943; monoamides of monocarboxylic acids and polycarboxylic acids and polyamides of polycarboxylic acid, e.g., acetamide, halogenated acetamides (e.g. chloroacetamide), maleic monoamide, malonic monoamide, phthalic monoainide, maleic diamide, fumaric diamide, malonic, diamide, itaconic diamide, succinic diamide, phthalic diamide, the monoamide, diamide and triamide of tricarballylic acid, etc., aldehyde-reactable diazine compounds, such as are disclosed in my U.S. Patent 2,382,211, issued August 14, 1945; aminotriazines, e.g., melamine, ammeline, ammelide, melem, melam, mellon, etc.; phenol and substituted phenols, e.g., the cresols, the xylenols, the tertiary alkylphenols and other phenols, such as mentioned in my U.S. Patent 2,339,441; monohydric and polyhydric alcohols, e.g., butyl propylene glycol, pentaerythritol, polyvinyl alcohol, etc.; amines, including aromatic amines, e.g., aniline, etc. and the like. In such cases, the triazine derivative should represent 595% by weight of the aldehyde reactive portion of such mixture. 1

The modifying reactants can be incorporated with the triazine derivative and the aldehyde to form an intercondensation product by mixing all the reactants and effecting condensation therebetween or by various permutations of reactants. For instance, a partial condensation product can be formed of ingredients comprising (1) urea or melamine or urea and melamine, (2) a triazine derivative of this invention, (3) an aldehyde, including polymeric aldehydes, hydroxy aldehydes and aldehyde-addition products, for instance, formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, dimethylol urea, a polymethylol melamine; and thereafter reaction effected between this partial condensation product, and, for example, a curing reactant, specifically a chlorinated acetamide or an amino acid.

Some of the condensation products of this invention are thermoplastic materials even at an advanced stage of condensation, while others are thermosetting or potentially thermosetting bodies that convert under heat or under heat and pressure to an insoluble infusible state. The thermoplastic condensation products are of particular value as plasticizers for other synthetic resins. The thermosetting, or potentially thermosetting resinous condensation products, alone or mixed with fillers, pigments, dyes, lubricants, plasticizers, curing agents, etc., can be used, for example, in the production of molding and laminating compositions. In other cases, they can be used as ion exchange resins and as tanning agents.

The liquid intermediate condensation products of this invention can be concentrated by the removal of, or diluted further by the addition of volatile solvents, to form liquid coating compositions of adjusted viscosity and concentration. The heat-convertible or potentially heatconvertible resinous condensation products can be used in the liquid state, for instance, as impregnants for Wood, leather, paper and other porous bodies; as surface-coating materials in the production of paints, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, etc.; for general adhesive applications in producing laminated articles, and for other purposes. The liquid, heat-ha-rdenable or potentially heat-hardenable condensation products also can be used directly as casting resins, while those which are of gel-like nature in the partially condensed state can be granulated and dried to form clear, unfilled heat-convertible resinous products.

In producing these new condensation products the choice of the aldehyde is dependent largely on economic considerations and upon the particular [properties desired in the finished product. Prefer-red aldehydic reactants are formaldehyde and compounds engendering formaldehyde, e.g., paraformaldehyde, hexamethylene tetramine, etc. Illustrative examples of other aldehydes that can be employed are acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, butyraldehyde, heptalde-hyde, octaldehyde, acrolein, methacr-olein, crotonaldehyde, ,benzaldehyde, furfural, hyd-roxyaldehydes (e.g., aldol, glucose, glycollic aldehyde, .glyceraldahyde, etc.), mixtures thereof or mixtures of formaldehyde (or compounds engendering formaldehyde) with such aldehydes. Illustrative examples of aldehyde-addition products that can be used instead of the aldehydes themselves are the monoand poly-(N-carbinol) derivatives, particularly the monoand polymethylol derivatives of urea, thiourea, selenourea, and iminourea, and substituted ureas, thioureas, selenoureas, and iminoureas, monoand poly-(N- carbinol) derivatives of amides or polycarboxylic acids, e.g., maleic, itaconic, fumaric, adipic, malonic, succinic, citric, phthalic, etc., monoand ,poly-(N-carbinol) derivatives of the aminotriazoles, monoand poly-(N-carbinol) derivatives of the aminotriazines. Particularly good results are obtained with active methylene-containing bodies as a methylol urea, more particularly monoand dimethylol ureas, a methylol aminotriazine, more particularly a methylol melamine, e.g., monoethylol melamine and polymethylol melamines (di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexamethylol melamines). Mixtures of aldehydes and aldehyde-addition products can be employed, e.g., mixtures of formaldehyde and methylol compounds, such, for instance, as dimethylol urea, trimethylol melamine, hexamethylol melamine, etc.

The ratio of the aldehydic reactant .to the triazine derivative can be varied over a wide range depending upon the particular properties desired in the finished product. Ordinarily these reactants are employed in an amount corre sponding to at least one mole of the aldehyde, especially formaldehyde, for each mole of the triazine derivative. Thus, for example, one to seven or eight or more moles of an aldehyde can be used for each mole of the triazine derivative, When an aldehyde is available for reaction in the form of an alkylol derivative, more particularly a methylol derivative such, for instance, as dimethylol urea, trimethylol melamine, etc., then higher amounts of such aldehyde-addition products are used, for instance, from 2 to 3 up to 15 to 20 or more moles of such alkylol derivatives for each mole of the triazine derivative.

As indicated hereinbefore, the properties of the fundamental resin can be varied widely by introducing other modifying bodies before, during, or after effecting condensation between the primary components. Thus, modifying agents that can be used include, for example, methyl, ethyl propyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, hexyl, etc., alcohols; polyhydric alcohols, such as, for example, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, pentaerythritol, etc., alcohol ethers, e.g., ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether, diethylene glycol monobutyl-ether, etc., amides, such as formamide, stearamide, acrylamide, .benzene sulfonamides, toluene sulfona-mide, the aryl disulfonamides, adipic diamide, phthalamide, etc.; amines, e.g., ethylene .diamine, phenylene diamine, etc.; ketones, including halogenated ketones, etc.; nitriles, including halogenated nitriles, e.g., acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, succinonitrile, fumaryl nitrile, chloroacetonitriles, etc.; acylated ureas, more particularly halogenated acylated ureas of the kind described in my U.S. Patent 2,851,559, and others.

. The modifying bodies also can take the form of high molecular weight bodies with or without resinous characteristics, for example, hydrolyzed wood products, formalized cellulose derivatives, lignin, protein-aldehyde condensation products, aminotriazine, aldehyde consation products, aminotriazole-aldehyde condensation products, polyacrylamide, styrene-maleic imide copolymers, etc. Other examples of modifying bodies are the urea-aldehyde condensation products, the anilinealdehyde condensation products, furfural condensation products, phenolaldehyde condensation products, modified or unmodified, saturated or unsaturated polyhydric alcohol-polycarboxylic acid condensation products, Watersoluble cellulose derivatives, natural gums and resins, such as shellac, rosin, etc.; polyvinyl compounds, such as polyvinyl esters, e.g., polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl butyrate, etc., polyvinyl ethers including polyvinyl acetals, especially polyvinyl formal, etc.

Dyes, pigments, plasticizers, mold lubricants, opacifiers, various reinforcing fillers, such as very finely ground clays, silica (e.g. Aerosil) wood flour, ground glass, mica, etc., can be compounded in accordance with conventional practice to provide various thermoplastic and thermosetting compositions.

The modified and unmodified condensation products have a wide variety of uses. They can be used as ion exchange resins in the conventional manner, or their copper or S-hydroxyquinoline salts as wood preservatives, or as fertilizer additives as, for example, in the form of their iron or manganese salts, or as an additive to paper to increase its wet strength, or the calcium zinc, magnesium salts, etc., as molding compounds whereby they can be used also as modifiers for other natural and synthetic polymers, as for example, laminating varnishes in the production of laminated articles wherein sheet materials, e.g., paper, cloth, sheet asbestos, glass mats, and glass fibers,

etc., are coated and impregnated with resimsuperimposed 1 and thereafter united under heat and pressure. They can be used in the production of baking enamels for bonding or cementing together mica flakes or for bonding 'together abrasive grains in the production of resin-bonded abrasive articles, such, for instance, as grindstones, sandpapers, emery cloths, etc., in the manufacture of electrical resistors, etc.

The condensation products of this invention are particularly useful in the treating and tanning of leathers.

ily achieved by the products of this invention. For ex ample, the tolerance to salt solution, that is, the salting out value and the water solubility of the condensation products can be modified by varying the number of aminoalkyl sulfonic groups attached to the triazine ring,

(C3N3) 2 of 2) 2 a a) 2CH SO Na) or by cocondensing with urea, melamine, dimethylol urea,

dimethylol melamine, trirnethylol melamine, phenol alcohols, etc., and by varying the ratio of such modifying co-' instead of (NH 2 C N (NHCH CH S 0 H) and NH C N (NHCH CH SO H) 2 Furthermore, the solubility or dispersibility of the condensation product can be increased by using as Y groups, those groups that increase solubility, such as where n has a numerical value from one to or more. Also, the tanning compounds of this invention can also be modified so that they act as preservatives, not only for leather but for such substances as wool, cotton, wood,

paper, etc., by introducing into the triazine nucleus such groups as etc.

Among the triazine derivatives embraced by the formulas of the various classes of compounds used in producing the new condensation products of this invention are the triazines having the substituents indicated by the groups attached to the structure As is well known, resin tannage must be water-soluble if or water dispersible and their solutions should tolerate a fair concentration of salt; they should be capable of N N penetrating into the skin before and during early stages 50 & T

of tanning and before and during the early stages of polymerization. Preferably, the tannage should be very N pale or water-white in color. These objectives are readin the following table.

Substituent A Substituent Y Substituent T NH v NH1 NHOH2CHzSO H NH1 NHC5H4SO:NH2 -NHCH2CH2SO3H tion conveniently can be prepared by condensing the corresponding halotriazines, e.g., the chlorotriazines, etc., with an aminoethanesulfonic acid in the presence of a hydrohalide acceptor such as sodium hydroxide, sodium 70 carbonate, etc., for example,

( a a) Nnncmcmsom (CQNI)NRCHQCHISOIH (3) (A) (0 1 1 CI +2NHRCH CH SO H s a) z z a z 1 3 wherein R, A and Y are as previously defined, and (C N represents the 1,3,5-triazine ring. The reaction can be further generalized by the use of the reactant TH wherein T is as previously defined and H is an active hydrogen atom attached to the T group, e.g.

Some specific examples of the above reactions are Alternately, these compounds can be prepared by using a halotriazine containing an aminoethyl sulfonic acid substituent and reacting it with a compound containing a reactive hydrogen, represented by MH, wherein M represents Y or A groups as defined above, for example,

( hydrohalide 2( a)( 2MH )2( s) acceptor (2) hydrohalide C1(C;N )(T) ME a a)( acceptor or, as an illustration:

1a NaOH Illustrative examples of MH compounds are the alcohols such as CH OH, C H OH, (CH CHOH, C H OH,

C H OH, etc., the cycloaliphatic alcohols such as cyclohexanol, cycloheptanol, cyclopentanol, etc., ammonia and the amines, c;g. CH3NH2, C H NH (CH3)2NH,

C H NH CH C H NH CIC H NHCH cyclohexylamine, etc., numerous examples of which are given in my copending application Serial No. 764,252, filed September 30, 1958.

The triazine derivatives used in the practice of this invention can also be prepared by oxidizing a mercaptotn'azine with nitric acid, thus,

As an alternate synthesis, these compounds can also be prepared by reacting a triazinyl alkylene imine with sulfurous acid, thus Taurine is parent compound of the aminoalkyl sulfuric acids, NHRCH CH SO H, and is readily synthesized by reacting a haloalkyl sulfuric acid with ammonia, e.g., (Aq. i and when an amine, RNH is used instead of NH then the corresponding substituted taurine is obtained, thus Taurine can also be prepared'by reacting alkyl imines with sulfuric acid, thus egg 0H. ngso Hmomornsom and when substituted alkylene imines are used, then sub stituted taurines are obtained, thus R The following examples illustrate the practice of this invention and are given by way of illustration and not by limitation. Parts and percentages recited herein, unless otherwise specified, are parts by Weight and percent by weight.

Example I In a suitable reactor equipped with a stirrer and reflux condenser, there is added 145.5 parts of 2,4-diamino-6- monochloro-1,3,5-triazine in 200 parts of water and the mixture heated to and maintained at a slow reflux. There is added slowly over a period of an hour a mixture of 147 parts of sodium salt of aminoethyl sulfonic acid and 40 parts of NaOH in 230 parts of water. The reaction is continued for 5-8 hours, after which the mixture is allowed to cool to room temperature. There is obtained an almost quantitative yield of Upon the addition of 49-50 parts of 10% H to the above solution, there is obtained the free triazinyl 'sulfonic acid derivative of the formula which, after drying, gives on analyses 25.24% carbon, 4.24% hydrogen, 35.87% nitrogen, and 13.63% sulfur, which values are in close agreement with the theoretical.

When 161 parts of CH N-HCH CH SO Na are used instead of the NH CH CH SO Na in this procedure, there is obtained the compound CH3 ah s a Hz zsoa which gives on analysis 29.0% carbon, 4.86% hydrogen, 33.89% nitrogen, and 12.86% sulfur, which values are in close agreement with the theoretical values for this compound.

When 173.5 parts of (CH NH) C N Cl are used in the procedure instead of (NH C N Cl, there is obtained the compound (CH NH) C N NHCH CH SO H which gives on analyses 34.57% carbon, 5.21% hydrogen, 28.05% nitrogen, and 12.78% sulfur, which values are in good agreement with the theoretical values for the compound.

When 165 parts of the monoamino-dichlorotriazine are reacted instead of the monochlorotriazine with 294 parts of the sodium salts of aminoethyl sulfonic acid and 80 parts of NaOH, there is obtained which on analyses gives values of 24.5% nitrogen, 3.50%

hydrogen, 24.68% carbon, 18.81% sulfur, which values are in close agreement with the theoretical values.

When the other halotriazines of the formula ner the triazino-halogeno-compounds. of the formula (T) (C N )Cl and (T) (C N )Cl are used to prepare the triazine derivatives of this example.

Example II Parts (NH (C N )NHCH CH SO H 125 Aqueous (EH (37.5% CH O) 80 NaOH in 100 parts H O 20 are heated together under reflux at the boiling point of the mixture for 30-45 minutes yielding a viscous resinous dispersion which can be used directly as a tanning agent as shown in later examples, either as prepared or diluted to the desired concentration of solids. Also, it can be treated with sulfuric acid to liberate the resinous acid having free sulfonic group, which resin can be converted by heating to an insoluble, fusible product suitable as an ion exchange resin. Alternately, the sodium can be converted to other salts such as the calcium, copper, antimony, nickel, etc. by the addition of an aqueous solution of such a salt, e.g., copper sulfate, cupric chloride, ferrous acetate, etc. These metallated resins, e.g. and copper resinate, can be used with cellulosic fillers such as cotton, wood flour, alpha flock to prepare molding compounds which are fungus and mold-resistant. They can also be used as coating and impregnants for Wood as wood preservatives, especially the copper and arsenic salts.

The specific resin of this example, particularly in the form of the polyethylene-imine salt, can also be used to impregnate paper and other fibrous sheet material and thereafter cured by heating to increase the wet strength of the paper. Paper impregnated with the resin in its acid form can be used for the separation and identification of organic bases using the standard paper-chromotography techniques. For these and other uses, this resin can be modified as shown in subsequent examples.

Example III Parts NH (C N )(NHCH CH SO H) 375 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) 120 NaOH in 200 parts H O 80 duce a wide variety of condensation products varying from one sulfonic group to two sulfonic groups per triazine ring in the condensation product.

Example IV In .a reaction flask equipped with a stirrer and reflux condenser are mixed Parts (NH C N (NHCH CH SO H) 125 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) Water 70 The mixture heated to C. for 1 hour thereafter is cast into a shallow container and heated in an oven until the product is dry and hard. The product is then ground,

washed with distilled water and redried. The resulting acidic ion exchange resin absorbs about 89.91% of the 1 calculated amount of NaOH from a 5% NaOH solution and then exchanges the sodium ion for calcium, magnesium, copper, silver ions, etc., upon treatment re-:

spectively with solutions containing such ions.

This condensation product can be modified by cocondensing the triazine derivative and the aldehyde with other aldehyde reactable substances, including those that have ion exchange resin groups, e.g., urea, melamine, phenol, phenolsulfonic acid, etc. An 'amphoteric ion exchange resin is readily prepared by using a triazine having a multiplicity of groups having ion exchange properties, e.g., a triazine having both a sulfonic group and an amine group, e.g., (NH2) c m (NI-ICH2CH2SO3H) (NH-pyr idyl) Example V Fifty pounds of pickled sheepskins are placed in a drum with pounds of 5% salt solution and the drum is rotated. There is then added 39 pounds of the condensation product of Example H, three portions of 13 pounds each at one-half hour intervals, and the drumming continued for 6-8 hours. lie in the liquor for 8-10 hours and then drummed for another one-half hour, after which the skins are drained and washed thoroughly, set out, crusted, and finished by the ordinary methods with excellent results. In a similar manner kid skins, pig skins, calf skins, snake skins, deer skins, bear skins, alligator skins, shark skins, etc., are tanned.

The tanning agents of this invention can also be used as a supplementary tannage, for example, for skinsthat have been given a preliminary chrome or alum tannage,

or they can be used in conjunction with other natural or synthetic tannages, as for example:

supplementary, excellent tanning using 10 pounds of the condensation product of Example II, using the procedure used for tanned kidskins.

Instead of the condensation product of Example H, the

condensation products of Examples VI to XVI, inclusive,

respectively, are also used in the above procedures to produce light colored tanned leather which shows high shrink temperatures.

Instead of using the condensation products alone, the

products of this invention can be used with other natural and synthetic tanning agents for example, by using mix-:

tures of liquid quebracho extract with the condensation products of this example.

of equal parts of liquid quebracho extract and the condensation product of Example 11, in 300 pounds of a The skins are then allowed to For example, 100 pounds of pickled pigskins are treated with 40 pounds of a mixture 1 salt solution in a rotating drum. Ten pounds of the tanning mixture are added in four equal feeds at intervals of about one-half hour and the drum continued for an' additional 4-5 hours, after which the skins are allowed to remain in the liquor for 1-2 hours, then drummed for an additional hour. At the end of the drumming period, the hides are washed thoroughly, fat-liquored, set out, crusted, and finished in the ordinary method with excellent results.

Instead of the quebracho extract used above, synthetic tanning agents can be used, such as the reaction products of aromatic sulfonic acids and aldehydes, for example, phenol-sulfonic acid and formaldehyde. A typical preparation is as follows: to 94 parts of phenol are added slowly 150 parts of 66 Baum sulfuric acid at room temperature, and upon completion of the addition of the acid, the temperature is raised slowly to 90l00 C. and reacted for 2 hours, after which 70 parts of water and 60 parts of 38% formaldehyde are added and the temperature maintained at 75-85 C. for one hour. The solution is then cooled, the excess sulfuric acid neutralized with sodium hydroxide, and then diluted with water to a 4547% solids content for use in tanning mixtures containing the condensation products of this invention. Alternately, the hydroxy aromatic sulfonic acid can be condensed with an aldehyde, for example, phenol sulfonic acid and formaldehyde, initially together with the triazine derivatives of this invention to produce tanning-agents with improved color over corresponding aromaticaldehyde compositions in which the triazine derivatives have been omitted, e.g.:

Ninety four parts of phenol is heated to 35 C., 150 parts of 66 Baum sulfuric acid is added slowly, and the temperature raised to 90100 C. and maintained at this temperature for 2 hours. Seventy parts of water are then added together with 15 parts of (NH (C N )NHCH CH SO H and 65 parts of 38% formaldehyde solution and the reaction continued tor 2 hours. The solution is then cooled,

the excess mineral acid neutralized with sodium hydroxide and the resulting solution diluted to the desired strength. This solution is used directly as a tanning agent as shown hereinabove.

Example VI A sample of pickled split steerhide is depickled, brought to its isoelectric point and dehydrated by immersion in 3 changes of acetone. Twenty parts of the dehydnated hide is treated with a solution comprising parts of the butylated resin prepared by reacting together under reflux for 1 hour Moles (NH (C N (NHCH CH SO H) 1.00 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) 2.25 Butyl alcohol 30.00

(3H Parts (NHR)2(C3N3)NCH2GH2SO3H; 115

p-Toluene sulfonamide 5 1 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) 190 NaOH in 50 parts H O 17 to produce a syrup which has a slow cure. The addition of acids, such as sulfuric, phthalic anhydtide, or of ouring agents, such as chloroacetamide accelerates the cure.

18 Example VIII Parts NH (C N (NHCH CH SO H) 115 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) 190 Phenol 30 To the above mixture is added suflicient 20% NaOH solution to adjust the pH to 8-8.5 and the mixture refluxed for 1-2 hours to produce the condensation product.

Example IX Parts Melamine 50 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) 210 NaOH in 10 parts H O 2 z z a s z z a) lz Dimethylol urea 500 NH '(in 2.5 parts H O) 2 H O (distilled) 500 Ethyl alcohol 200 NaOH in 10 parts H O 0.6

are refluxed together until a noticeable viscosity increase is observed. Then the mixture is cooled to room temperature and used with excellent results to impregnate softpine as a wood preservative.

Example XI CH Parts (NH2)(C3N3)NCH2CH2SO3NH4 115 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) 210 NH; (in 5 parts CH O) 1 Aqueous trimethylol melamine (50% solution) 130.

. When the above mixture is refluxed for 20-30 minutes, a syrup is obtained which cures alone when heated to 100130 C. on a hot plate.

Example XII Parts (NH (C N )CH CH SO NH 120 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) 150 Glycerine 20 are mixed and refluxed for 30 minutes and the condensation products are used directly in the tanning of hides after dilution to the desired concentration.

Example XIII Parts (NH C N NHCH CH SO K 115 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) 140 Di'ethyl malonate 20 NaOH in 10 parts H O 0.2

The above ingredients are refluxed for one-halfhourare refluxed for 20 minutes to produce a water-dilutable condensation product.

Example XIV Parts (NT-I C N NHCH CH SO Li Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) NH; (in 5 parts H O) l Acetamide 15 The above ingredients are refluxed for 15 minutes to produce a clear syrup suitable as an impregnating compo- Polyvinyl alcohol (in 50 parts H O) 5 are refluxed for 30 minutes to produce a clear syrup which can be used for tanning of hides or as a mordant for W001, silk, or cotton, and as an impregnant for paper,

wood, etc.

Example XVI Parts l-phenyl guanazole 40.0 Aqueous CH O (37.5% CH O) 35.0 Ammonia 1.2 Aqueous NaOH (0.5 N) 0.75 Lead salt of reaction product of Example I 10.0

are mixed'together, refluxed for minutes and then mixed with 30 parts of alpha flock, dried and molded at 130 C. to produce a hard, well-knit product.

Example XVII Parts Shellac 50 Calcium salt of product of Example I are ground together and then heated together at 150 to produce a hard, infusible resin. This modified resm can be used as a mica binder.

Example XVIII Parts Alkyd resin (e.g. glyceryl phthalate) 50 Calcium salt of product of Example I 15 The components are mixed together and heated to 130-150 C. and cures to a hard, infusible product which can be used as a mica binder.

Example XIX Parts (NH2)2(C3N3)NHCHZCHZSO3H 1'20 Furfural 120 are refluxed and an insoluble, infusi-ble resin is obtained.

' Example XX RS-, R N and aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon radicals of no more than 14 carbon atoms, and R is hydrogen or an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical of no more than 14 carbon atoms.

Preferred monomers of this invention are those in which the aminoethyl sulfonic acid radical has attached to the amino group hydrogen or an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radical of no more than 14 For introducing hydrocarbon groups:

carbon atoms, such as octyl, nonyl, phenyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl, phenethyl, etc. but preferably hydrogen or an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of no more than 6 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, butyl, hexyl, etc.

The triazine intermediates used in preparing the monomers of this invention can be prepared by various methods reported in the literature for replacing the halogen atoms in halo triazines, such as cyanuric chloride, with various groups such as hydrocarbon groups, alkoxy, aryloxy, substituted amino groups, mercapto, alkylthio, hydroxy, hydrogen, etc. By using the appropriate reagents with such halo-triazines, the various intermediates desired for preparing the compounds of this invention can be prepared following procedures in the following references.

For introducing NR' groups: 7

'Ilhurston et al.: Joum. of American Chem. Soc., 73, 2981 Thurston et al.: Joum. of American Chem. Soc., 73, 2992 (1951); Cuthbertson et al.: J. Chem. Soc., 1948, 561; Diels et al.: 36, 3191 (1903); V Friedheim: Joum. of American Chem. Soc., 66, 1775 1944 Peanlman 'et al.: J. of American Chem. Soc., 70, 3726 For introducing hydrocarbon-oxy groups:

Dudley et al.: J. of American Chem. Soc., 73, 2986 (1951); a i s Diels et al.: Ben, 36, 3191 (1903);

Hoffman: Ber., 19, 2061 (1886);

DAlelio: U.S. Patent 2,295,562;

Schaefer et al.: I. of American Chem. Soc., 73, 2990 For introducing hydroxy groups:

Klason: I. prakt. Chem. (2), 34, 152 (1886); Finger: J. prakt. Chem. (2), 75, 103 (1907).

For introducing sulfide and mercapto groups:

Klason: I. prakt. Chem., (2), 34, 152 (1886); Hoffman: Ben, 18, 2196 (1885);

Ciba British Patent 318,275 (1930);

DAlelio et al.: U.S. Patents 2,295,561 and 2,295,562.

Hentrich et al.: U.S. Patent 1,911,689; Ostrogovich: Chem. Ztg., 36, 738 (1912); Kracker et al.: U.S. Patent 2,273,115.

For introducing hydrogen: Ber.: 32, 691 (1899); Hirt et al.: Helv. chim. Acta, 33, 1365 (1950).

While certain features of this invention have been described in detail with respect to various embodiments thereof, it will, of course, be apparent that other. modifications can be made within the spirit and scope of this invention, and it is not intended to limit the invention to,

the exact details shown above, except insofar as they are defined in the following claims. ,The invention claimed is:

1. A composition of matter comprising the reaction product of a mass comprising an aldehyde and a triazine derivative having the formula:

wherein at least one of said valencies is attached to an 1 aldehyde-reactable group and at least one of said valencies is attached to a group containing an aminoethyl sulfonic acid selected from the class consisting of sulfonic acid radicals and salts thereof.

2. A composition of claim-1, in which there are two 1 of said aminoethyl sulfonic acid groups thereon.

3. A composition of claim 2, in which said aldehydereactable group is NHR, R being selected from the class; consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbon radicals and sub-- stituted hydrocarbon radicals.

4. A composition of claim 1, in which there are two aldehyde-reactable groups attached to said triazine .nucleus.

sulfonic acid is -NHCH CH SO H.

hydrogen and hy- 7. A composition of claim 1, in which said mass also comprises melamine.

8. A composition of claim 1, in which said mass also comprises dimethylol urea.

9. A composition of claim 1, in which said aldehyde comprises formaldehyde.

10. A condensation product of an aldehyde and (NH (C N (NHCH CH SO H) 11. A condensation product of claim 10, in which said aldehyde is formaldehyde.

12. A condensation product of an aldehyde and 13. A condensation product of claim 12, in which said aldehyde is formaldehyde.

14. A triazine derivative of the formula:

wherein at least one of said valencies is attached to an aldehyde-reactable group and at least one of said valencies References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,393,754 1/1946 DAlelio et a1 260-249.6 2,417,679 3 /1947 DAlelio 26067 .6 2,599,142 6/1952 Thurston et a1 260249.6

WILLIAM H. SHORT, Primary Examiner.

C. A. WENDEL, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING THE REACTION PRODUCT OF A MASS COMPRISING AN ALDEHYDE AND A TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE HAVING THE FORMULA 